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Timonean is a synonym of timonian.


As adjectives the difference between timonean and timonian

is that timonean is of a form of bitter misanthropy related to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonean can be pertaining or related to (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas while timonian is of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonian can be of or relating to skeptic philosopher (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas or timonian can be of or relating to the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.

As a noun timonian is

a member of the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.

timonean

English

Etymology 1

(as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of (William Shakespeare)'s play (Timon of Athens)'' (c. 1607). Used by (John Toland) in a letter (c. 1710-1722), apparently as a rare word or neologism. Used by (Thomas Amory) in ''The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II (1766), as a regular word.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
  • * ~1710-1722 , (John Toland), undated letter:(John Toland) (1670–1722), "To Mrs. ***", undated letter (est. 1710-1722 due to content: after his 1710 return to London and retirement, before his 1722 death); repr. in (Pierre des Maizeaux) (ed., aka "Pierre Desmaizeaux"), A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Toland , 2 vols., Vol. 2, London: printed for J. Peele, 1726, p. 412 at Google Books.
  • Solitude, on the contrary, not only deprives us of both the past and the future, but always inclines the present hour to joyless melancholy, which sooner or later ends in something intractable, Timonean , (pardon the word) or perhaps more fatal.
  • * 1766 , (Thomas Amory), The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II'':(Thomas Amory) (uncredited), ''The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World, and Many Extraordinary Relations. Vol. II , London: printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766, section VII, §8 (item 91 in the TOC, "The History of Claudius Hobart, a recluse"), p. 236 at Google Books.
  • Such was the account Mr. ''Hobart'' gave me of himself, (which made me admire him much, as he was but fifty then) and to convince me his temper had nothing Timonean or unsocial in it from his solitary life, he requested I would dine with him.
  • * 1849 , (Herman Melville), (Mardi)'':(Herman Melville), ''(Mardi): And a Voyage Thither , 1849, Vol. II, Chapter LXX "They Land at Hooloomooloo"; quoted from the 1864 reprint at Gutenberg.org.
  • And so in love with his Timonean solitude was Rozoko, that it needed many bribes and bland persuasions, to induce him to desert his mossy, hillside, misanthropic cave, for the distracting tumult of a court.
    Synonyms
    * Timonian * Timonist

    Etymology 2

    , from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining or related to (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
  • * 2009 , Dee L. Clayman, Timon of Phlius'':Dee L. Clayman, ''Timon of Phlius: Pyrrhonism into Poetry , Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3110220803, Chapter 5 "Timon's Reception in Hellenistic Literature", p. 148 at Google Books.
  • Since only a small percentage of Timon's oeuvre has survived and much of Callimachus' work is equally fragmentary there are no direct quotes or precise allusions, but it is possible to discern some features of Callimachus' work that seem remarkably Timonean .
    Synonyms
    * Timonian (more common)

    References

    Anagrams

    * English eponyms

    timonian

    English

    Etymology 1

    in his translation of ''(w, Plutarch's Lives) (1777).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
  • * 1983 , M. R. Stopper, in Phronesis'':M. R. Stopper, "Schizzi Pirroniani [review of ''Lo scetticismo antico'' by Gabriele Giannantoni]" ( JSTOR 4182180]), Critical Notice in ''Phronesis , Vol. 28, No. 3 (1983), p. 265-297, endnote 36, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+second+Timonian+passage+is+usually+taken+to+come+from+his+prose+work%2C+Python%22 at Google Scholar.
  • [About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, ''Python''.
  • * 2001 , (Jonathan Barnes), in (ISSN 0026-4423, e-ISSN 1460-2113), Vol. 110, Nr. 440, p. 1043-1046, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Aristocles+is+not+citing+Timon%E2%80%94and+how+near+he+keeps+to+any+Timonian+text+we+cannot+judge%22 at Google Scholar.
  • Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge.
    Quotations
    * {{quote-book , by = (Plutarch) , title = (Parallel Lives) , first = John , last = Langhorne , authorlink = John Langhorne (poet) , coauthors = Langhorne, William , publisher = E. and C. Dilly , year = 1770 , page = 457 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=HCIJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA457 , passage = None of these things, however, disturbed him; for, at once abandoning his hopes and his cares, he left his Timonian retreat, and returned to Alexandria; }} * {{quote-news , date = 1939-06-13 , newspaper = (The New York Times) , title = Dr. Ezra Pound , url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F1FF93F54107A93C1A8178DD85F4D8385F9 , page = 22 , passage = Yesterday Hamilton College doctored Ezra Loomis Pound, the Idaho lad who was graduated from it in 1905. In his habitual Timonian mood he has, time and time again, taken the hide off American professors. }} * {{quote-book , year = 1962 , first = Vladimir , last = Nabokov , authorlink = Vladimir Nabokov , title = (Pale Fire): A Novel , location = New York , publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons , section = Index (written by the author, part of the narrative) (Repr. Vintage Books, 1989, ISBN 0-679-72342-0.) , page = 308 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=EgQ4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22his+having+no+library+in+his+Timonian+cave%22
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  • , passage = Kinbote, Charles, Dr., [...]; his modesty, 34; his having no library in his Timonian cave, 39; his belief in his having inspired S, 42; }} * {{quote-book , year = 2002 , first = Lawrence I. , last = Berkove , title = A Prescription for Adversity: The Moral Art of Ambrose Bierce , publisher = Ohio State University Press , isbn = 978-0814208946 , ol = 11352634M , section = Introduction , page = xiv , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=3AtoLPo4QXkC&pg=PR14 , passage = Like Swift, whom he admired and imitated and with whom he had much in common, Bierce was a man who hated boldly and well and yet was not a Timonian misanthrope. }} *
    Synonyms
    * Timonean * Timonist

    Etymology 2

    , from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
  • Synonyms
    * Timonean (less common)

    Etymology 3

    From the name of French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823-1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
  • References

    * OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the (reproduced in a post) * WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * Notes: English eponyms